According to a first-of-its-kind government survey released on Thursday, 47.6 per cent of South Koreans under the age of six are enrolled in cram schools known as hagwon, for-profit private education ...

Former US climate envoy says companies have been ‘intimidated’ by Trump presidency into dropping green targets ...

Brussels is exploring building a new satellite network to provide military intelligence as doubts mount over the US’s ...

Geopolitical and economic disputes mean Beijing is no natural replacement for the US despite the crisis in transatlantic ties ...

National oil company Saudi Aramco this month slashed its 2025 dividends by 30 per cent after a 12 per cent drop in net income ...

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A stunning train hijack and hostage crisis this week, in which hundreds of passengers were held for a day by suicide vest-clad separatists, has made clear the limits of Pakistan’s ambitions for the ...

The British filmmaker on her timely documentary about overlooked female painters and photographers during wartime ...

This is Swamp Notes, the weekly podcast from the FT News Briefing, where we talk about all of the things happening in US politics. I’m Sonja Hutson. And this week we’re asking: could a plan to weaken ...

With the anniversary of the first lockdown approaching, inflation and market volatility are now facts of financial life ...

Chelsea’s squad in the financial year ending 2024 was the most expensive ever assembled, according to a new Uefa report. The €1.66bn total surpasses the previous highs set by Manchester United in 2023 ...

The old banana warehouse on the Digbeth stretch of the Grand Union canal was derelict when Steven Knight stepped in. “Blackberry bushes were growing all around,” says the screenwriter and filmmaker, ...